Position Overview Educate!, a rapidly-growing non-profit, is seeking an experienced, energetic, and creative Freelance Grant Writer and Marketing Copy Writer to write/edit grants, marketing copy for newsletters and emails, copy for the website, Annual Reports, etc. on an ongoing and as-needed basis. Approximately 10-30 hours a month (depending on the project/needs.)

Educate! Overview Educate! works to transform the education system in Uganda to prepare youth to be leaders and entrepreneurs who take leadership initiative, create small businesses, and improve livelihoods for themselves and their communities.

Educate! delivers to 16-20 year old youth within Ugandan schools a practical and relevant model of education, comprised of a leadership and entrepreneurship course, interactive teaching, intensive mentorship, experience starting an enterprise, and access to out of school networks and resources. Through advocacy and direct service in schools, it works to get this model to be part of the education system.

Educate! currently reaches almost 8,000 youth, has seen 56% of its graduates start businesses and make almost $40 a month, has backing from Ashoka and Echoing Green, and is working to get its' curriculum fully incorporated into Uganda's national entrepreneurship curriculum, (currently reaching over 25,000 annually.)

Terms and Compensation Compensation is $25-$35 per hour depending upon qualifications and experience.

How to Apply Application Deadline: May 30, 2013. To apply, please email a resume, list of references, four samples of your work (e.g. newsletter, grants, marketing copy), and your requested hourly rate to the address below. Please put the following subject in your email: "Freelance Grant Writer and Marketing Copy Writer - Your Name." - How You Found the Job".